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Williamson Murray

Dr. Murray, senior fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses and professor emeritus of history at the Ohio State University, is the author or co-author of numerous works, including A War to Be Won: Fighting the Second World War (Harvard University Press, 2000).

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Mobilizing a Nation

On the outbreak of the Second World War on 1 September 1939, the United States was still in the... Read More

Sudden Victory

Sixty years ago millions of young Americans were either in the Pacific preparing for Operation... Read More